AI agents for customer support ticket resolution

The workflow

Triage inbound tickets, draft replies, resolve tier-1 issues autonomously where safe, and hand off to a human otherwise.

Suitable agent types

End-to-end support agents and specialist reply drafters integrated with Zendesk, Salesforce or Intercom.

Evaluation questions

  • What deflection rate has the vendor evidence?
  • How is tone controlled?
  • How are escalations detected?
  • What data leaves the tenant?

Risks to plan for

  • Incorrect commitments to customers
  • Regulatory disclosures
  • Voice-of-customer signal loss

Pilot metrics we recommend

  • Auto-resolve rate
  • CSAT delta
  • First-response time
  • Escalation accuracy

Agents commonly considered